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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures."
+description: "clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 141"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 141 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Fees", "Licensure", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules", "Public Health and Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Heermann"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d833de-4b04-4d13-8f29-b4f857e4cd6f"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631"
+source_hash: "61cb7d5f38e472ef080f29a33f3b1f60ba9e62f2655be72bcd70eb6bbc516f60"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 141 (2023) — clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631/246578)
+2. **141A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/248129.pdf)
+3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631/248436)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23631/251080)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Heermann — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 123 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-02-03** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 141A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
+- **2023-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2023-02-07** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 215
+- **2023-02-08** First Reading House H.J. 260
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to H.J. 275 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2023-03-02** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
+- **2023-03-06** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 475
+- **2023-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 447 `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 506 `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-03-08 S.J. 461 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** Signed by the Governor on 2023-03-27 S.J. 495 `executive-signature, executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22d833de-4b04-4d13-8f29-b4f857e4cd6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+